Hamilton: General Service Discussion

[innsertnamehere]

continued non-peak hour service improvements.

The new bus barn can't come soon enough so that they can actually buy more buses and increase peak-hour services.

 

[Northern Light]

The short version of HSR September changes:

The long version, links above notwithstanding isn't actually published yet.

 

[Northern Light]

A bit more detail on the above:

 

[APTA-2048]

This is a great exercise in branding and is a sign of a city that knows and is happy to celebrate its history. The HSR has wrapped two buses in retro liveries and from last Saturday to yesterday offered free rides on them. They also had giveaways at different locations and a historical museum/display downtown. This is all in celebration of 150 years of the HSR.

I managed to catch one of the retro buses yesterday. There is another one in a maroon livery, but that proved harder to catch.

Managed to finally catch the other retro bus at the 150th anniversary open house today. Great event. Not many photos from inside the facility unfortunately as their legal department advised against it. Scored a free commemorative Presto card as well and bought some postcards.

 

[Chris R.]

Managed to finally catch the other retro bus at the 150th anniversary open house today. Great event. Not many photos from inside the facility unfortunately as their legal department advised against it. Scored a free commemorative Presto card as well and bought some postcards.

I made it as well and was lucky to get a spot of someone who didn't show. Also didn't get too many photos for the same reason. Kind of sucks how strict they were. Got a couple though:

 

[Northern Light]

Hamilton's 2025 budget increases service hours for HSR:

53,000 (net new) hours of transit service

Approval is targeted for late January.

 

[ownthesky]

I’ve been using the HSR’s “mountain climber” daily for about 4 months to bike from downtown to my job on the mountain and I have to say, it’s really refreshing to see Hamilton have a targeted transit program that works brilliantly. For those unfamiliar, any of the escarpment’s bus routes gives bikers a free ride up or down from the closest stops at the upper city or lower city. It’s totally changed the way I view bike commuting here and I wish more people knew about it or used it! I even wonder if the TTC could adopt it to bridge some gaps in their cycling infrastructure, especially given the province’s hostility to bike lanes.

 

[ShonTron]

I’ve been using the HSR’s “mountain climber” daily for about 4 months to bike from downtown to my job on the mountain and I have to say, it’s really refreshing to see Hamilton have a targeted transit program that works brilliantly. For those unfamiliar, any of the escarpment’s bus routes gives bikers a free ride up or down from the closest stops at the upper city or lower city. It’s totally changed the way I view bike commuting here and I wish more people knew about it or used it! I even wonder if the TTC could adopt it to bridge some gaps in their cycling infrastructure, especially given the province’s hostility to bike lanes.

I think Highway 401 could be a good one, given how dangerous the interchanges can be to cross and the very limited opportunities to cross it on trails or minor roads.

The problem though is how the TTC limits bikes on the Nova buses to one bike per rack. That’s a huge proportion of the fleet.